Decorating stilt



Patented Aug. 4, 1925.

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MARION BARN-HART, OF SEEKING, .O'I-IIO, ASSIGNOR-TO THE LIlVlIOG-ES- CHINA GOM- PA-NY, 0F- QEBRI-N'G O'IIIO A;CORPORATION OF OHIO..

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Application filed Augus 1', 1923. Serial No. 655,030."

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARION ML BARN- HART, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sebring, in the county of Mahoning and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Decorating Stilts, of which the following is a specifica tion.

This invention relates to stilts for supporting and separating plates, dishes and other similar articles of china, porcelain and the like, in a pottery kiln, and the objects of the improvement are to provide a stilt which mav be hooked over the peripheral edge of the plate and tilted upward out of contact with the decorated portion of the rim of the plate by the weight of the next upper plate upon the inner end of the stilt.

The usual form of stilts used for burning ware of this kind are placed in the central portion of the plate, inside of the rim, but these stilts frequently leave marks in the glaze which deface the plates and decrease the valve of the same.

The improved stilt embodying the present invention has only a three point contact with the upper face of the rim of the plate and a one point contact upon the under side of the rim and is held out of engagement with the usual border decoration upon the rim by the pressure of the next upper plate upon,

the inner end of the stilt.

The above and other objects may be attained by constructing the stilt in the manner illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in whichs Figure 1 is a plan view of a plate showing the stilts in position thereon;

Fig. 2, a section on the line 22, Fig. 1, through several plates showing the same supported upon the stilts; and

Fig. 3, a'detail perspective View of one of the improved stilts.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the drawing.

The plates indicated generally at 1 are of usual construction provided with the flared rim 2 having the border decoration 3 near the outer edge thereof as is customary in the decoration of plates and the like.

In the manufacture and decoration of wars of this character it is customary to stack the decorated plates one upon the other with stilts or other suitable spacing means between the plates, after which the stacks are placed in a kiln and burned.

As above stated, the usual form of stilts now in common use frequently deface the inside of the plate to such an extent that the value of the plate is greatly decreased and the improved stilt to which the invention pertains is designed to engage the upper surface of the rim of the plate at three spaced points and is held out of engagement with the decorated portion of the rim when in the operative position.

The improved stilt embodying the invention is indicated generally at 4 and is formed of suitable refractory material. This stilt is substantially cross shaped, comprising the longer arm 5 having the downturned hook 6 at its rear end and the cross arm 7 located near the opposite end of the stilt and provided with the central point 8 and the outer points 9 for engagement with the upper face of the rim 2 of the plate.

The inner end of the long arm 5 of the stilt is bent slightly upward as at 10 and both arms of the stilt being preferably of diamond cross sectional shape, it will be seen that a single point of contact is provided where each portion of the stilt engages the plate.

In stacking the plates for burning, as shown in Fig. 2, the proper number of stilts, preferably 3 as shown in Fig. 1, are hooked over the rim of each plate, the feet 8 and 9 of the stilt resting upon the rim upon the inner side of the decoration 3.

As the next upper plate is placed in position, the under side thereof will engage the upturned ends 10 of the stilts, tilting the upper ends upward out of engagement with the decorated portion of the rim, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. I

The plates will thus be properly spaced apart for burning and the stilts will not deface the plates nor mar the decorations, thus overcoming the objections common in the usual form of stilts.

I claim 1. A decorating stilt comprising an arm having a downward and inturned hook at its outer end for engagement with the edge of a rim of a plate and a cross arm intermediate its ends for engagement with the upper surface of the rim of the plate, the inner end of the arm being arranged to engage the under surface of another plate.

2. A decorating stilt comprising an arm having a downward and inturned hook at its outer end for engagement with the edge of a rim of a plate and a cross arm intermediate its ends for engagement with the upper surface of the rim of the plate, the inner end of the arm being arranged to engage the under surface of another plate, said cross arm having spaced points for engagement with the rim of the plate.

3. A decorating stilt comprising an arm having a downward and int-urned hook at its outer end for engagement with the edge of a rim of a plate and a cross arm intermediate its ends for engagement with the upper surface of the rim of the plate, the inner end of the arm being bent upward to engage the under surface of another plate.

In testimony that I claim the above, I have hereunto subscribed my name.

MARION M. BARNHART. 

